January 22, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
328 
CARTERS’ 
"™, PRIMULAS. 
- AWARDED - 
HIGHEST PRIZE MEDAL, "Ceylon; 
BANKSIAN PRIZE MEDAL, R.H.S.; 
FIRST PRIZE, Crystal Palace. 
CARTERS’ HOLBORN “ BLUE.” 
The first and the host. 
CARTERS’ HOLBORN “VERMILION.’ 
Vivid scarlet. 
CARTERS’ HOLBORN “ WHITE.” 
Ivory-white. 
CARTERS’ HOLBORN “ MAGENTA.” 
Rich magenta-lake. 
CARTERS’ HOLBORN “ PEARL.” 
The first and the "best. 
CARTERS’ HOLBORN “ CARMINE.” 
Surpassingly pretty. 
JiV SEALED PACKETS , 
Price, 2s. 6(1., 3s. 6d. and 5s. per packet, post tree. 
Seedsmen by Special Warrants to H.M. the 
QUEEN and H.R.H. the PRINCE of WALES. 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, 
I.ONBOK, W.e. 
HERBACEOUS 
AND ALPINE PLANTS. 
CATALOGUE of fifty pages, containing full information as 
to colour, height, situation, time of floweriDg, &c., free on 
application. 
A CAPITAL COLLECTION for Rocks, Stumps and Borders, 
from 25s. per 100, or 4s. per dozen. 
Most of the plants being in pots, may be dispatched at any 
time, or by Parcels Post when fit. 
“ Messrs. 
CARTER 
have long been 
pioneers in 
the improve¬ 
ment of 
PRIMULAS 
and have 
achieved 
marked 
success.”— 
Vide Press. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
NURSERYMEN A SEED MERCHANTS, 
W O R C E S T E R ._ 
BEGONIAS A SPECIALITY. 
100,000 TUBEROUS BEGONIAS, 
SINGLE AND DOUBLE, 
N OW harvested and ready for Distribution, 
post free ; they are the largest and finest tubers we have 
ever grown. Purchasers should order early and direct from us 
to ensure having the true stock. Awarded Two Gold Medals. 
Price Lists free on application —JOHN LAING & Co. The 
Nurseries, Forest Hill, S.E. 
GENUINE 
SEEDS, 
At greatly reduced prices to meet the times, with 
5 per cent, discount for payment within 14 days. 
TOOGOOD & FINLAYSON 
The Queen’s Seedsmen by Royal Warrant, 
B EG to announce that their CATALOGUE 
OF GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS FOR I8S7 is 
now ready, and can he had post free. 
Royal South Hants Seed Establishment, 
SOUTHAMPTON. 
Established, tgig. 
ROSES. 
HER MAJESTY, W. F. BENNETT, 
SUNSET, W. A. RICHARDSON, 
AND 
Other Choice and leading Varieties 
AT MODERATE PRICES. 
PRICE LIST FREE. 
JOHN STANDISH & CO., ROYAL NURSERIES, ASCOT 
ROSES. 
Magnificent Plants, all budded on Dog Brier. 
CATALOGUE, containing valuable information on RoseGrowim 
post free for two penny stamps. 
FRANK CANT, 
Rose Grower & Nurseryman, Colchestei 
Upwards of sixty First and Second Prizes for Cut Roses this vea 
including First for 72 distinct varieties at Wirral and Manchestf 
MEW BROCCOLI—WEBBS’ MAY PEEN. 
The finest late variety yet introduced. It is of dwarf habit, 
very compact, and unequalled for size and quality. Is. 6d. per 
packet, post free. 
FOR DESCRIPTIONS OF WEBBS’ NOVELTIES SEE 
Wilis’ 
SPRING CATALOGUE 
Post Free, Is. Gratis to Customers. 
WEBB & SONS, 
ROYAL SEED ESTABLISHMENT 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
SEEDSMEN BY ROYAL WARRANTS 
To H.M. the And H - KH - the 
Queen. Pmnce of Wales. 
WEBBS’ 
-NEW- 
VEGETABLES 
MEW TOMATO—WEBBS’ JUBILEE. 
Flattish round in shape, smooth, very solid, unsurpassed in 
flavour, and unequalled for exhibition purposes or general 
cultivation. Is. Gd. per packet. 
Per packet— s. d. 
Webbs’ New Tomato—Sensation . 1 6 
Webbs’ New Broccoli—Winter White ... 1 0 
Webbs’ Brussels Sprouts—Matchless ... 0 6 
Webbs’ New Tom Thumb Cauliflower ... 1 6 
Webbs’ New Cauliflower—Kinver Monarch ... 1 6 
Webbs' New Carrot—Defiance. 1 3 
Webbs’ New Carrct—Market Favourite ... 1 6 
Webbs’ New Celery—Pearl White . 1 6 
Webbs'New Cos Lettuce—Exhibition ..16 
Webbs’ New Lettuce—Criterion . 1 0 
Webbs’ New Lettuce—Wordsley Gem ... 0 6 
Webbs’ New Melon—Boyal Warrant. 2 6 
Webbs' New Melon—Queen Victoria. 2 6 
Webbs’ New Onion—Snowball. 1 0 
Webbs' New Radish—Crimson Globe. 1 0 
Webbs’ New Radish—Purple Globe. 1 0 
Webbs’ New Savoy—Kinver Globe . 1 0 
Webbs’ New Turnip—Climax. 0 6 
Per quart— s. d. 
. 2 6 
Webbs’ New Pea—Chancellor ••. 
Webbs’ New Pea—Wordsley Wonder... 
To Nurserymen, Florists and others. 
T he school board for London 
are prepared to receive proposals and tenders for furnish¬ 
ing, planting and maintaining Shrubs, Trees, &c., at the various 
Board Schools within the London District. 
Full particulars can be obtained on forwarding an addressed 
and stamped foolscap envelope to the Architect’s Department, 
School Board Offices, Victoria Embankment, W.C., from Tues¬ 
day, the 25th day of January, until Thursday, the 27th day ot 
January, 18S7, both inclusive. 
January 20th, 1887. 
A New Year’s Gift worthy of Royalty. 
r > GILBERT’S Victoria Broccoli, Universal 
V o Savoy, and Chou de Burghley. — Send 4s. 6d. in stamps, 
and by return you will receive the three J-oz., packets. A. If. 
Barron, Esq., says : “I had your Broccoli served at my own 
table to-day. It is by far the best Broccoli I ever tasted ; totally 
devoid of that objectionable strong taste."—It. GILBERT, High 
Park Gardens, Stamford. Trade supplied. 
A “ YEAR BOOK ” of SELECT GARDEN 
A SEEDS FOR 1S87.—HARTLAND, CORK.—Most rare in 
selection, original in design and compilation. Combining every¬ 
thing in Garden Seeds worth growing; the book may be had 
post free. Win. Baylor Hartland’s Old-establsihed Garden Seed 
Warehouse. Cork. Ireland. Both in price and quality, advan¬ 
tages are offered equal to any house in this country , and surpassed 
by none in tlie United Kingdom. Some of the very “Rare Seeds" 
are of my own special harvesting. 
Notice to Subscribers. 
R eaders of the gardening 
WORLD who experience any difficulty in obtaining the 
paper at Railway Bookstalls, or through local agents, are res¬ 
pectfully invited to communicate with the Publisher. 
17, Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. 
Next Week s Engagements. 
Monday, Jan. 24th.—Sale of Japan Lily Bulbs, &c., at Stevens’ 
Rooms. 
Tuesday, Jan. 25th. — Special Sale of Orchids in flower at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Wednesday, Jan. 26th.—Sale of Roses, Fruit Trees, &c., at 
Stevens’ Rooms, and of Lilium Auratum, Roses, &c., at 
Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
Thursday, Jan. 27th.—Sale of Imported and Established 
Orchids, &c., at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Friday, Jan. 2Sth.—Important Sale of Cattleya Lawrenceana, 
and other Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Saturday, Jan. 29th. — Sales of Roses and other Plants at Stevens’ 
and Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Adiantum Farleyense .... 32S 1 
Aphelandras, notes on .... 326 
Apples, late-keeping. 325 
Cacti, an hour with . 329 
Carnations and Picotees .. 326 
Christmas Roses. 32S 
Chrysanth. Golden Gem .. 328 
Clivia Gardeni . 331 
Cymbidium elegans . 332 
Cupressus Youngii. 326 
Ferns, filmy. 32S 
Frosty weather . 327 
PAGE 
Gardeners’ Benevolent In. 332 
Goodyera discolor. 322 
Libonia floribunda. 331 
j Magnolia fuscata . 331 
Melon, Blenheim Orange.. 330 
Oncidium Phalaenopsis.... 322 
Pansies in pots . 32S 
Piponia moutan.for forcing 330 
Phaltenopsis aphrodite .. 332 
Royal Horticultural Society 323 
Ruellia Herbstii .331 
Top-heating Glasshouses .. 326 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.” —Bacon. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1887. 
The Royal Horticultural Society. — For 
many years, unhappily, the fortunes of the 
Royal Horticultural Society have constituted a 
stock theme for press writers; not, we are 
assured, in any case from ill-natured motives, 
hut because so many who wish w r ell to the old 
society have, from their point of view, been 
anxious to promote its interests and welfare. 
If it were of any use to cry over spilt milk, we 
might exhaust our columns in deploring the 
unfortunate mischance which originally led the 
society to quit its once comfortable, modest 
home at Chiswick for the courtly, hut some¬ 
how ill-fated, aristocratic quarters of South 
Kensington; as also in recounting the vast 
sums of money spent and lost in the formation 
of the once fashionable, hut now dismantled 
Royal Horticultural Gardens and surrounding 
buildings. 
But reference to this unhappy matter farther 
would he useless, and a sheer waste of time ; 
